Pyongyang, July 22 (ANI): North Korea and Iran are reportedly working together on weapons programs designed to build a long-range missile capable of carrying a nuclear warhead, it has emerged.
According to a study by the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), North Korea's weapons programs are now benefiting from technology from Iran.
In return, North Korea is supplying technology to Iran's uranium enrichment program that would allow it to increase its output, the Telegraph reports.
"North Korea has been assisting Iran in going forward with its nuclear program," the paper quoted Bruce Bennett, the senior defense analyst at the Rand Corporation, a US think tank, as saying.
"North Korea has been providing help to Iran with missile technology and testing (nuclear) triggering devices while Iran has only more recently done that kind of thing," Bennett added.
The report said it also appeared that Iran has been able to develop more sophisticated versions of North Korea's No-dong long range missiles.
Recent television broadcasts of Pyongyang military parades showed North Korean No-dong 2 missiles with the same "baby-shaped" nose cone that Iran has fitted on its Ghadr-1.
The IISS said the danger that the regime could unravel should not be ignored.
The disclosure marks a disturbing escalation in the race for nuclear weapons technology by the two states, which are seen to present the biggest threat to global security. (ANI)
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